Industry News Archive

Diversified Communications expanded its presence in the construction sector and the growing field of geospatial modeling and mapping by acquiring Digital Construction Week (DWC), an up-and-coming technology exhibition held in London each fall.

The nomination period will remain open until New Year’s Eve for the shows that will pop the champagne corks as members of the Trade Show Executive (TSE) Fastest 50 Class of 2018. Show managers have until the end of the day on Dec. 31 to tell TSE about the events that produce…

Freeman, an international brand experience company headquartered in Dallas, acquired mdg, an event marketing and public relations agency with offices in San Diego, Washington, DC, Chicago and Reston, VA. mdg will continue operating as its own independent business unit within…

A newly formed company will manage many of China’s automotive engineering trade shows, conferences and seminars, including the Shanghai International Automotive Manufacturing Technology & Materials Show (AMTS) and the co-located Assembly & Handling Technology Exhibit…

Berlin’s Bread&&Butter fashion festival has been shelved by the organizing company despite drawing a record sold-out crowd this year. It was not clear if Zalando planned to sell off the event’s name and assets, or if it could be revamped and relaunched at a later dat…

Trade show revenues increased 2.4% in the third quarter of 2018, outpacing overall industry growth for the period, the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) said Dec. 6. The overall growth rate for the industry ticked up a modest 1.0% higher compared to the third qu…

Messe Frankfurt has acquired the Clean Show from its association owners and will add it to its burgeoning portfolio of textile-care trade shows. Riddle & Associates will remain as the show management firm for next year’s event, which will be held June 20-23, 2019 in New …

Citing upheavals in the bicycle industry, Emerald Expositions scrubbed next year’s edition of Interbike. Emerald left a door open, however, to bringing Interbike back in some form after next year, but at the same time laid off senior show staff members. Emerald cited headwin…

a2z Inc., a technology solution provider for B2B events, has been acquired by Personify, a 20-year old company that offers a constituent management and engagement (CME) platform for nonprofits. In 1998, a2z CEO Rajiv Jain, founded the company, which now has 80 employees and …

After 33 years as a premier trade show for the IT industry, Deutsche Messe’s CEBIT is being cancelled and will be at least partially rolled into the HANNOVER MESSE manufacturing exhibition. Ending the Hannover edition of CEBIT might not be a terrible shock to the show’s exhi…